A Private European Residence: French and Neoclassical Furniture and Paintings & Works on Paper

03 March 2006
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signed lower left: François Dubois and inscribed on the reverse of the stretcher: MORT DE MITRIDATE esquisse peinte de François Dubois 1816oil on paper laid on canvas42.5 by 37.2 cm.; 16 3/4 by 14 5/8 in.

Catalogue Note

Mithradates had declared war on the Romans in 88 B.C. whereupon he quickly conquered Galatia, Phrygia and Asia. Soon, however, the Roman armies under Sulla and Pompey were to defeat him over and over again; Mithradates' troops revolted and, having vainly tried to poison himself, Mithradates commanded a Gallic mercenary to run him through.

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A Private European Residence: French and Neoclassical Furniture and Paintings & Works on Paper

03 March 2006
|
10:30 AM GMT

London

Condition Report

166

François DuboisParis 1790-1871

THE DEATH OF MITHRIDATES

signed lower left: François Dubois and inscribed on the reverse of the stretcher: MORT DE MITRIDATE esquisse peinte de François Dubois 1816oil on paper laid on canvas42.5 by 37.2 cm.; 16 3/4 by 14 5/8 in.